Kana: こめ

rice (uncooked)

Example sentence

日本人は米をよく食べます。

にほんじんはこめをよくたべます。

Japanese people often eat rice.

What 米 means

(こめ) is a Japanese word meaning “rice (uncooked)”. It belongs to the Food & Drink topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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